NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

MAX

Built-in Functions

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MAX The MAX built-in function returns the highest number in a set of numbers. Nesting of

the MAX built-in function is permitted. See the second example following.

MAX(

number

… ] )

number

specifies the set of numbers to be evaluated. Each number can be an expression.

The number of arguments cannot exceed the NCL limit of 32,000.

Consideration

See also MIN, which returns the lowest number in a set.

Examples

In the following example, the highest number in the following set is 62. This is the

value that is returned:

SAY MAX(12,62,35,23)

The following example shows how the MAX built-in function can be nested. The

value 5000 is assigned to the variable &1, the highest number of the set, and the value

that is returned is 5000. The inner (nested) function results in the highest value of 12

and 55, which is 55. This number then enters the list of numbers to be evaluated by

the outermost MAX built-in function:

&1 = 5000

&A = MAX(-31,2,45)

&RESULT = MAX(78,&1,&A,MAX(12,55))

In the following example, the highest number of the set is .098. This is the value that is

returned:

SAY MAX(.0003,.021,.098,.00005)